NYC Heartbreak

I hope that people will feel the pain of heartbreak from this poem and understand why a random girl might be sobbing her heart out.

In the rain Safe underneath the umbrella As we talk Huddled together for warmth Hands intertwined He chuckles then leans down Enveloping me in his scent as he did many times before But now to shove me away Leaving me under an alcove alone As he strides away The rain bridges the gap between us One that had slowly expanded over the months Thunder crackles as other hurry past And I feel my heart falling down the NYC gutter To be eaten by albino crocodiles and mutated rats Jerk, heartless jerk, fu ---- The screech of the taxis cut me off I step out to feel the rain intermingle with my tears So I can lie to myself that nothing had ever happened Between us

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